diff --git a/cli-main.c b/cli-main.c
index 4ba43c0ff8812a575f450eda846afc83ebeb2676..2c329a464090ea6687b7d5ebc5f901dda9ab039a 100644
--- a/cli-main.c
+++ b/cli-main.c
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@
 static void cli_dropbear_exit(int exitcode, const char* format, va_list param);
 static void cli_dropbear_log(int priority, const char* format, va_list param);
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_CLI_PROXYCMD
 static void cli_proxy_cmd(int *sock_in, int *sock_out);
+#endif
 
 #if defined(DBMULTI_dbclient) || !defined(DROPBEAR_MULTI)
 #if defined(DBMULTI_dbclient) && defined(DROPBEAR_MULTI)
@@ -132,6 +134,7 @@ static void exec_proxy_cmd(void *user_data_cmd) {
 	dropbear_exit("Failed to run '%s'\n", cmd);
 }
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_CLI_PROXYCMD
 static void cli_proxy_cmd(int *sock_in, int *sock_out) {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -144,3 +147,4 @@ static void cli_proxy_cmd(int *sock_in, int *sock_out) {
 		*sock_in = *sock_out = -1;
 	}
 }
+#endif // ENABLE_CLI_PROXYCMD